Elmont Memorial Junior – Senior High School

Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High School is a co-educational, secondary public high school founded in 1956 for students in grades 7–12 in the hamlet of Elmont, Long Island, New York, in Nassau County.Its street address is 555 Ridge Road, Elmont, New York 11003.As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,738 students and 103.8 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 16.7:1. There were 446 students eligible for free lunch and 153 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.Its school newspaper is known as the " Elmont Phoenix". Elmont High School's mascot is the Spartan. Its school colors are green and white. The school's current principal is Kevin Dougherty. Elmont High School is part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District.Awards and recognitionDuring the 1990–93 school year, Elmont Memorial High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.In 2005, Elmont High School was recognized as having the largest number of African American high school students scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement examinations in the country.Elmont HS was also recognized by the College Board as having the largest number of African American students attaining a 3 or higher on the Advanced Placement U.S. History exam in the country.